CALL FOR PAPERS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE UNIVERSITY IN ASIA The Faculty Senate of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, is organizing an international conference on "Information Technology and the University in Asia" from April 3 to 5, 2002, at the campus of the university. The conference will be a place where teachers, researchers, administrators and others who are interested in how best to use ICTs in realizing the missions of the university get together to share ideas, opinions and research findings. Of special interest are papers and presentations that explore the *cultural* aspects of using ICTs in universities, especially Asian cultures. However, though the focus of the conference is on the use of ICTs in Asian universities, participants from all corners of the world are very welcome to share their ideas and expertise. Confirmed Keynote Speakers: 1. Prof. Charas Suwanwela, Former president of Chulalongkorn University. Prof. Charas was instrumental in investing the CUNet, the campus-wide fiber network that led to Chulalongkorn's full fledged entry to the Internet. 2. Prof. Susantha Goonatilake, Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences and Senior Consultant to the UN. Author of *Toward a Global Science: Mining Civilization Knowledge* and *Merged Evolution: The Long Term Implications of Information Technology and Biotechnology*. Paper proposals are called in three broad areas: 1. Distance Learning 2. ICTs in Classroom Teaching and/or Research 3. ICTs in University Administration Please mail your proposals or abstracts (max. 500 words) to: Soraj Hongladarom Chair of the Academic Committee Faculty Senate Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 10330, THAILAND Tel: +66-2-218-7024; Fax: +66-2-218-7036 Email: hsoraj@chula.ac.th Those who are interested in obtaining further information of the conference through e-mail (whether intending to present or not) are requested to send their e-mail addresses to the address above also. For those who intend to present, please send your abstracts in the body of the email. Please do not send it as an attached file. Deadline of submission: January 15, 2002. Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2002. Plans are being made with notable publishing presses to publish selected papers in a bound volume. Participants whose papers are selected will have the opportunity to revise their papers for the volume after the conference. There is a registration fee of 100 US dollars (120 dollars after Jan. 1, 2002), covering the conference material, cocktail dinner reception, lunches and tea/coffee breaks and the conference dinner. Rooms have already been booked at the Vidhayanives House on campus, and the rate is around 14 US dollars a night, which needs to be paid directly to the Housing. There are also numerous hotels and guest houses around campus that participants can avail themselves with. For off campus housing, please contact the hotels directly. Details can be found on the conference website. Further information about the conference, including how to pay for the registration, can be found at: http://pioneer.chula.ac.th/~hsoraj/IT